A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Algol: Tragödie der Macht
(1920) Germany
B&W : [?] Six or Seven? reels / 2144 metres
Directed by Hans Werckmeister

Cast: John Gottowt [Algolmaennchen], Emil Jannings [Robert Herne], Hans Adalbert Schlettow [Bauernbursche], Hanna Ralph [Maria Obal], Erna Morena [Yella Ward], Ernst Hofmann, Gertrude Welcker, Käthe Haack

Deutsche Lichtbild Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Produced by Richard Oswald. Scenario by Hans Brenert and Friedel Koehne. Production design by Walther Reimann. Cinematography by Axel Graatkjaer and Hermann Kircheldorff. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Fantasy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 14 May 2018.

References: O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.

Home video: DVD.